Flowers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
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For flowers that belong to more common taxa, please consult individual sub-galleries:
- Monocots of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., grass, sedge, rush, lily, iris, onion, butcher-broom, orchid)
- Rosids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., rose, buckthorn, evening primrose, flax, geranium, gooseberry, mallow, mustard, pea, saxifrage, St. John's wort, stonecrop)
- Asterids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., borage, broomrape, buckwheat, cactus, carrot, dogbane, gentian, goosefoot, heath, honeysuckle, mint, nightshade, penstemon, phlox, pink, primrose, purslane, snapdragon, sunflower)
Examples across all taxa
[edit]Poppy family (Papaveraceae)
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Prickly poppy (Argemone munita) flower, closeup
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant, backlit
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) returns after fire
Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) monks-hood, delphinium, columbine, clematis, meadow rue
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Monk's-hood (Aconitum columbianum), close
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Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) flower closeup
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Larspur (D. glaucum) against sky
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Desert larkspur (Delphinium parishii) plant
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) closeup of flowers
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) buds and flowers
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) flowers and fruits
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Coville's columbine (Aquilegia pubescens), symmetrical closeup of flower
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White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) closeup, near Morgan Pass
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White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) plant, near Morgan Pass
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Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) white flowers, close
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Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups L to R
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Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups clockwise
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Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Kaweah bowl
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Western virgin's-bower (Clematis ligusticifolia)
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Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) flower cluster at paired stems
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Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) twined leaf stems
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Fendler's meadow rue (Thalictrum fendleri), male flowers close
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Meadow rue (T. fendleri) male plant
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T. fendler female plant, with flowers/seed